Assists students who will be the first in their families to graduate from college or who have a limited income with opportunities like leadership development, internships, or graduate school exploration.

Academic Merit Scholarship

Assists students with high academic achievement.

Academic Merit Scholarship Fund

Supports scholarships for students that are primarily based on academic achievement.

Academic Programs and Centers Fund

Supports the highest priorities for academic programs and academic centers.

Academy Degree Completion Program Fund

Accounting Alumni Scholarship Fund

Assists accounting majors with a high GPA and a high ACT score.

Achievement Fund for Student Success

Supports university priorities for students via student support programs, leadership development, and experiential learning.

Act on Racism Fund

This performance group seeks to find creative ways to discuss the manifestations of race and racism.

Ada Council for the Arts Rebecca Vogelsang Memorial Scholarship

This fund assists first year students who are residents of Michigan majoring in fine arts or dance.

Adam M. Malson Memorial Scholarship

This fund is to assist a student in Political Science or International Relations with the cost of their education.

Advancement of American Philosophy Fund

This fund promotes interest, research, creativity, and an exchange of ideas and information of the history and topic of American Philosophy.

Alayont Fellowship Research Scholarship

Alayont Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Mathematics

Established by Dr. Feryal Alayont to honor the memory of her father, Ramazan Alayont, the fund is for students pursuing rigorous, independent scholarship mentored by a faculty member.

This fund supports advancement of women in leadership in sport and physical activity.

Bonnie Wesorick Center for Health Care Transformation Endowment

Supports the Wesorick Center, which provides scholarly leadership that unites interdisciplinary healers in the research and implementation work essential to transforming practice at the point of care.

Bowling Club

Boxing Club

Brandon M. Haneckow '17 Memorial Endowed Scholarship

This fund was established in memory of Brandon Haneckow ’17 to assist students studying pre med, pre-dental or physician assistant studies who have overcome significant adversity with preference given to first generation and student parents.

Branstrom Fine Arts Scholarship Endowment

Benefits any fine arts student. Established by the William J. and Margaret C. Branstrom Trust in 1972.

Brazilian Jiu Jutsu Club

Breen Scholarship

Benefits students regularly enrolled in any history course.

Brian Haskin Memorial Endowed Scholarship

This fund assists students with a life-threatening illness and/or a disability.

Assists students in the Brooks College or Frederik Meijer Honors College to study abroad.

Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies Fund

This fund provides annual support for Brooks College students and programs in the areas of highest need.

Brooks College Study Away Scholarship

To assist student participants in study-away programs that are run by Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies or a Brooks College program.

Brooks First Generation Diversity Endowed Scholarship

This GVUF scholarship benefits first generation diversity students.

Bucky Love WGVU Television Music Program Endowment

Endowed in honor of Bucky Love to support the WGVU Music Program students at Grand Valley.

Budden Family Pathway Endowed Scholarship

This fund helps widen the pathway to graduation for students from middle income families who do not qualify for federal-need based aid and are ineligible for many programs intended to reduce tuition costs.

Buzzitta Family Endowed Scholarship

This fund provides financial assistance to GV students.

Campbell-Williams Endowed Business Scholarship

Provides financial assistance to students from the cities of Flint and Grand Rapids who demonstrate financial need.

Campus Life Night Fund

Supports the annual student organization fair where students learn about all the student organizations and campus departmental resources GVSU has to offer.

Campus Recreation Program Fund

The purpose of the Campus Recreation Program Fund is to support the offerings of quality recreation programs and services to current GVSU students.

Candace Otte Scholarship for Nursing

Benefits a deserving nursing student interested in paramedics.

Capital Region Community Foundation Scholarship

Assists students. Awarded by the Capitol Region Community Foundation located in Lansing, Michigan.

Capoeira Mandinga Club

Caprice Wagner Memorial Scholarship

Assists students with financial need, especially candidates with volunteer, internship or work experience in programs or nonprofit organizations that address women’s issues.

Career Center Testing Fund

Career Events Fund

Supports the GVSU Career Center, which hosts career events throughout the year that bring together employers and recruiters with students and alumni looking for full-time jobs and internships.

Career Services Internship Award

Helps off-set the costs of volunteer internships for students who have demonstrated financial need.

This fund is to support students, faculty and academic programs with additional resources to fulfill our mission and positively impact our community.

CEI Detroit TESA Fund

The Teen Entrepreneur Summer Academy (TESA) works with students across Michigan to teach business skills and encourage entrepreneurial ideas.

CEI Grand Rapids TESA Fund

The Teen Entrepreneur Summer Academy (TESA) works with students across Michigan to teach business skills and encourage entrepreneurial ideas.

Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Operations Fund

Serves to champion and catalyze the vocation of entrepreneurship through development of talent and support for commercialization of new ideas.

Center for Health Sciences Simulation Endowment

Strengthens the Health Sciences simulation center by providing equipment and new and replacement mannequin parts.

Character and the Presidency Project

This fund supports high-quality events that take place every two years with a focus on issues of character and how they relate to U.S. presidents. The programs are free and open to the campus and community.

This fund assists HTM students with the cost of their study abroad program.

Charles L. Toot Endowed Memorial Golf Scholarship

Benefits a member of the university's men's golf team.

Charter Schools Special Projects Fund

Supports the events and projects of the Grand Valley Charter Schools Office, which seeks to impact public K-12 education through its leadership in Michigan’s Charter Schools.

Cheerleading Fund

Chemistry Instruments and Infrastructure Fund

The assets of this non-endowed fund are used to purchase and maintain instrumentation, software, and other infrastructure for research and teaching in Chemistry.

Chemistry Support Fund

This fund helps to ensure the Chemistry Department's ability to purchase and maintain excellent instrumentation for the long term.

Cheryl Borgman Nursing Student Assistance Fund

This financial fund assists undergraduate and graduate nursing students with non-tuition related expenses such as books, materials and travel expenses for clinical placements so they can focus on successfully completing their nursing degree.

Children's Center Fund

Supports the Children's Center, ensuring high quality early learning and engagement for "Grand Valley's youngest students."

Children's Enrichment Center Scholarship Endowment Fund

Created to help Grand Valley students with the costs of child care, eliminating a barrier to a college degree.

This fund provides funding to support leadership studies, programming, and other opportunities for diverse, high-achieving graduate and undergraduate Leadership Fellows from over 40 academic fields of study.

Coopersville Scholarship Endowment

Benefits graduates of Coopersville Public Schools.

Corky Meinecke Fund

Honors Corky Meinecke, ’77, a sportswriter for the Grand Rapids Press, among others. Benefits students with an interest in a career in sports, be it radio, TV or print media, or in media relations.

Corky Meinecke Scholarship Endowment

Assists students majoring in journalism who can demonstrate a desire to work in the sports arena.

Counseling Center

Counseling Center Fund

The Counseling Center seeks to enhance the healthy development of GVSU students through prevention and education, psychological services, and consultation.

Crawley Japanese Studies Scholarship Fund

Recognizes and rewards students interested in studies in Japanese language and culture while participating in an international educational opportunity at Japan Center for Michigan Universities.

Cricket Club

Crowe Horwath Scholarship

This scholarship is designed to support accounting majors who are entering their senior year at GVSU.

Cuba Baseball Video Project Fund

Supports the documentary that was filmed of baseball team on their trip to Cuba.

Cultural Engagement Study Abroad Scholarship

This fund is to make study abroad opportunities attainable to students who want to learn and experience new cultures.

Cycling Club

D. J. Angus Research Vessel

Supports the maintenance and upkeep of the D.J. Angus vessel which has served researchers and educational groups from 1986.

One scholarship benefits students desiring to enter the teaching profession and the other benefits students returning to the College of Education for teaching credentials.

Debra McKee Memorial Endowed Scholarship

This fund assists graduate students in the Occupational Therapy program with the cost of their education.

Denise Meier Memorial Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship, in memory of Denise Meier, supports Occupational Therapy students on international fieldwork trips to Guatemala.

Design Optimization Evaluation and Redesign Center Fund

The DOER Center matches potential clients with faculty and students capable of completing their projects. Students and faculty involved gain experience and apply their knowledge.

Design Thinking Gift Fund

Detroit Compact Scholarship Fund

The Detroit Compact provides a tuition-free path to a four-year college degree for students who meet the program’s academic standards.

DeVos Medical Ethics Colloquy

The DeVos Medical Ethics Colloquy is a bi-annual colloquy series for the community where subjects of medical and ethical significance are discussed. Your support of this forum would help with programmatic needs.

This fund assists students pursuing careers in occupational safety and help to widen the pathway to graduation for students from middle income families who do not qualify for federal-need based aid and are ineligible for many of the government programs in

Gail & Scott Haebich Nursing Scholarship

Assists students to obtaining their goals in the field of nursing.

Gayle Davis First Generation Endowed Scholarship

This fund helps to reduce the financial pressure on students and their families and make a Grand Valley education assessable to students from all backgrounds.

General Art Collection Fund

General Dynamics Land Systems Eng. Schol

Initiated by General Dynamics Land Systems, the scholarship supports qualified Grand Valley students pursuing a degree in engineering.

Geology Development Endowment

Supplements the Geology departmental budget, and is not used for scholarships.

Geology Student Field Camp Endowment

Supports students attending Geology Field Camp.

George & Barbara Breur Memorial Scholarship Endowment

George and Barbara Gordon Endowment for the Gordon Gallery

Provides funds for the upkeep of the Gordon Gallery.

George and Marianne Stein Endowed Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was established by Dr. Gunter Stein in memory of George and Marianne Stein. It provides support to students pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math fields.

Georgette "Tete" Zainea Memorial Pathway Endowed Scholarship

This fund is to help widen the pathway to graduation for students from middle income families who do not qualify for federal need-based aid and are ineligible for many of the government programs intended to defray the costs of tuition and fees.

Gerald R. Ford Biography Project Fund

Fund dedicated to honoring President Gerald R. Ford by creating his biography.

German Club

Supports lectures, conversation hours, movie showings, and other activities sponsored by the German Club to promote the German language and culture in West Michigan.

Gierst & Egler Trust Endowment

Provides for talented students in music.

Gilbert R. and Patricia K. Davis Endowed Merit English Scholarship

Assists deserving junior or senior level students majoring in English.

Gilbert R. and Patricia K. Davis Endowed Merit Humanities Scholarship

This fund is to recognize scholastic achievement in any of the following majors within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Art and Design, Classics, English, History, Modern Languages and Literature, Music, Philosophy, or Theatre.

Gilbert R. and Patricia K. Davis Endowed Theatre Scholarship

This fund assists theatre students at Grand Valley.

Giles Accounting Scholarship Endowment

Assists deserving full-time graduate students in Accounting who show promise of making outstanding contributions.

This fund honors Whitney’s leadership at the Hauenstein Center, work in presidential studies, nationally recognized programming, and role in leadership education as envisioned by Ralph Hauenstein and Peter Cook.

Glenn A. and Betty J. Niemeyer History Scholarship Endowment

Benefits deserving junior or senior history majors.

Global Programs Endowed Scholarship

This fund is to support students planning to study abroad or complete an internship abroad.

Godwin Scholarship

Provides financial support and encouragement to graduates of Decatur High School in Michigan.

Funds the Scholarship for Continuing Education and provides financial assistance to persons whose college education was interrupted but wish to continue pursuing a degree at GVSU.

Grand Rapids Latin American Film Festival Fund

Grand Valley Fund

Grand Valley’s largest source of unrestricted private gifts, the Fund supports the top priorities of any year in student financial assistance, educational opportunities or skill development.

Grand Valley Pathway Scholarship

This fund assists students from middle income families that don't qualify for federal need-based aid and are ineligible for government programs.

Grand Valley State University Endowment Fund

The unrestricted, undesignated endowment fund supports Grand Valley's strategic priorities. Principle gifts are held in perpetuity, while proceeds and earnings fund excellence in all areas.

Grantmaking School Fund

Supports the Grantmaking School where staff, students, and community members can learn the techniques and ethics of grantmaking.

GRCC Presidents' Endowed Scholarship for Transfer Students

This scholarship will continue the legacy of past and present GRCC Presidents by providing financial support to graduates of GRCC who plan to continue their education at GVSU.

Greek and Latin Literary Translation Fund

This funds the awards for the winners of the Eta Sigma Phi Greek and Latin Literary Translation Contest. Students enrolled in Classics’ intermediate or advanced Greek or Latin language courses are eligible to compete.

Green Family First Generation College of Education Endowed Scholarship

Greg Cadaret Baseball Endowment

Supports the GVSU varsity baseball team.

Gregg K. Dimkoff Endowed Finance Scholarship

Provides scholarship support to finance students.

Greta & Arthur DeLong Perpetual Scholarship

Assist deserving psychology majors, with preference given to students with handicaps or interest in cognitive learning.

Groundswell Education Program

Groundswell, an environmental education program, provides teacher training and professional development and grants for local schools.

GV in DC Endowed Scholarship

This fund is to encourage students to attend the GV in DC program in partnership with The Washington Center.

Honors the original 300 founders of the university and helps to ensure their lasting legacy.

GVSU Interprofessional Education Initiative Endowment

Helps fund interprofessional initiatives and programs.

GVSU Scholarship Fund

General fund dedicated to supporting students through scholarships.

GVSU Symphony Orchestra Endowed Scholarship

Encourages non-music majors who played in Grand Rapids Youth Symphony to join the GVSU Symphony Orchestra to continue to develop their musical talents and perform while in college.

GVSU Volunteer Fund

GVSU Web Team Scholarship

Rewards students in any major who demonstrate exceptional web design skills.

GVU Foundation Community Leadership Scholarship

Benefits students who major in any field, with a preference for those who major in business or public and nonprofit administration.

GVUF: Meijer Scholarship Endowment

Gymnastics Club Team

H. Bart Merkle CSAL Endowment Fund

To fund professional development for graduate assistance in the College Student Affairs Leadership program both on and off campus.

H. James Williams Endowed Scholarship

This fund assists graduate students in accounting.

Hauenstein Center Annual Program

This fund supports the lectures, dialogues, debates, and conferences organized by the Center around the themes of presidential studies, leadership development, and the Common Ground Initiative.

Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies Endowment

This fund supports the Hauenstein Center’s mission of nurturing ethical and effective leaders for the 21st century through the Cook Leadership Academy, Common Ground Initiative, and study of the presidency.

Head for Henley Club

Supports the rowing team at Grand Valley and the Henley Royal Regatta, which is one of the oldest and most well-known rowing regattas in the world.

Health Standardized Model Patient Program Expansion Fund

Supports the expansion of the Standard Patient Program; students learn from contact with a healthy person trained to portray the personal, physical, and emotional characteristics of an actual patient.

Provides community research and evaluation services to foundations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and other interested parties.

Johnson Leadership Scholarship Endowment

Provides financial support for students interested in traveling abroad to advance their leadership skills in any career or area of interest.

Jon Hofstra Scholarship Fund

Honors Jon Hofstra, a geology major in 1992, who was an essential part of Grand Valley’s small community.

Jonathan & Marcia White Honors College Endowed Scholarship

A scholarship for honors students who are particularly interested in pursuing a career in some aspect of National Security or Public Service.

Joseph E. Appelt P.E. Engineering Scholarship

Benefits freshmen entering the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing who demonstrate an interest in environmental issues.

Joseph Spruit Engineering Endowment

Provides assistance to engineering students with demonstrated financial need.

Joseph Stevens Freedom Endowment

Funds the Joseph Stevens lecture series, which brings lecturers on human rights and freedom to GVSU.

Joyce F. Hecht Distinguished Scholarship in Philanthropy

Benefits full-time or part-time students of any major who intend to pursue careers in philanthropy or the nonprofit sector with preference given to graduate students.

Judy Pratt Non-traditional Nursing Scholarship

Provides financial assistance to students who have earned a previous BS/BA degree and desire to complete a BSN degree.

Juried Student Exhibition Fund

Helps to fund the Annual Juried Student Exhibition where a select group of art and design students will showcase their talents and works.

Jurries Family Scholarship Endowment

Provides financial assistance to qualified candidates who are working toward either a business or a writing degree.

Just Tennis Club

Justice and Society Endowed Scholarship

Recognizes and rewards students who have demonstrated academic potential to excel in their Criminal Justice studies at GVSU.

Kathleen Underwood Endowed S3 Fellowship

This fund assists students who participate in the Student Summer Scholars (S3) Program and who are conducting research in issues of social inequality in women and gender studies and/or history.

Kathleen Vogelsang Seidman College of Business Scholarship

Provides financial assistance to business students who did not begin undergraduate education immediately following high school.

Kathy A. Agard Endowed Fellowship in Community Philanthropy

Provides fellowships to students interested in studying community philanthropy including individual giving, community foundations, giving circles, nonprofit organizations and public foundations.

Kaufman Family Endowed Scholarship Honoring L. William Seidman

This fund supports SCB Juniors and Seniors involved in the Business Ethics Center.

Kaufman Interfaith Institute Program Fund

This fund is dedicated to the Kaufman Institute's annual conferences that explore ideas on a community-wide scale and in interfaith contexts, including the triannual Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue.

Ken Venderbush Endowment

Funds the Venderbush Student Leadership Award.

Kendal J. DenBleyker Endowed Scholarship

Assists students in Criminal Justice with preference to residents of Kent, Ottawa, Allegan and Muskegon counties, nontraditional students and those who work and commute to campus.

Kenneth and Irene Fridsma Endowed Special Education Scholarship

This fund assists students pursuing careers in special education.

Kipp & Erin Chillag Endowed Scholarship

This endowed scholarship assists a Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the Nurse Practitioner track.

Kirkhof College of Nursing Alumni Endowed Scholarship

For undergraduate senior-level nursing students who demonstrate financial need.

Kirkhof College of Nursing Endowment

The Kirkhof College of Nursing Endowment supports programs for nursing students.

Knauf Family Endowed Pathway Scholarship

Helps to widen the pathway to graduation for students from middle income families, who do not qualify for federal need-based aid and are ineligible for many government programs.

Knowledge Market Fund

Koeze Business Ethics Initiative at the Seidman College of Business Endow

To support business ethics programming and resources specific to family-held businesses in society at large and West Michigan in particular.

Koeze Support-Business Ethics Fund

To support business ethics programming and resources specific to family-held businesses in society at large and West Michigan in particular.

Koning Family Health Sciences Scholarship

This fund is to help widen the pathway to graduation for students from middle income families who do not qualify for federal need-based aid and are ineligible for many of the government programs intended to help defray the costs of tuition and fees.

Kristin M. Zoller Cooper BSN '94, MSN '02 Nursing Scholarship

Kruizenga Interfaith Ambassador Endowment Fund

This fund supports the Kruizenga Interfaith Ambassadors at Hope College, as well as the Interfaith Ambassador program in the Kaufman Interfaith Institute at Grand Valley State University.

Kulesza Family Healthcare Pathway Scholarship

This fund is to help widen the pathway to graduation for students from middle income families who do not qualify for federal need-based aid.

Kung Fu Club

Kurt F. Kimball Scholarship Endowment

Provides support for graduate students in the School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health Administration pursuing careers in local government.

Kutsche Office of Local History Endowment

Supports the Office of Local History and its public history programs for students, faculty and practitioners in the communities Grand Valley State University serves.

Kutsche Office of Local History Fund

The Kutsche Office of Local History supports local history and cultural heritage institutions, organizations, and practitioners in West Michigan through expertise, networking, and collaborative projects.

Kutsche Special Projects Fund

Supports events at the Kutsche Office, which is home to the Local History Roundtable and multiple projects designed to support local groups and people to preserve, protect, and retain their histories.

This fund supports research and other scholarly activities conducted by students majoring in mathematics.

Mathias J. Alten Endowment

Preserves, protects and promotes the artwork and reputation of Mathias Alten in the Gordon Gallery.

Matt and Kendra Gibson Accounting & Finance Scholarship

The purpose of this scholarship is to assist students with a declared major in Accounting or Finance with the cost of their education.

May Group Realtors with Re/Max of Grand Rapids Scholarship

This fund assists students with interest in pursuing a career in real estate.

Maytan Recording Fund

McFadden International Child Welfare Endowment

Assists students who are pursuing a Master's Degree in social work and plan to work with children.

Meijer Endowed Honors Chair Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Meijer First Generation Honors College Student Scholarship Endowment

Provides "full-ride" scholarships to Honors students who are the first in their immediate family to go to college.

Meijer Lecture Series Endowment

Brings two outstanding lecturers a year to Grand Valley to speak about the connection between Liberal Education and Careers.

Meijer Office of Scholarships Fund

Memorial Garden Endowment

Funds the Memorial Garden for memorial engravings. Available only to students, alumni, faculty/staff and their immediate families.

Men & Women's Soccer Club

Supports members of the club soccer teams and some of the team's running expenses.

Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Fund

Directly benefit the operations of the swimming program.

Men's and Women's Tennis Fund

Men's and Women's Track & Field and Cross Country Fund

All contributions go directly to the operations of the track and field and cross country programs.

Men's Baseball Club

Men's Basketball Fund

This fund is used for fundraising activities for the men's basketball program.

Men's Club Soccer

Supports members of the men’s club soccer team and some of the team's running expenses.

Men's Golf Fund

Provides for fundraising activities for the men's golf program.

Men's Hockey D2 Club Team

Men's Hockey D3 Club Team

Men's Lacrosse Club Team

Men's Rugby Club Team

Men's Ultimate Frisbee Club Team

Men's Volleyball Club Team Fund

Men's Waterpolo Club Team

Mercantile Bank Fund

Assists students in the GVSU Upward Bound (TRiO) program.

Mercantile Bank of Michigan Upward Bound (TRiO) Program Endowment

This endowed fund assists students in the GVSU Upward Bound (TRiO) program.

MI ACE Women's Network Fund

Michigan ACE Women’s Network is committed to identifying, developing the leadership of, advancing, and supporting the retention of women in higher education throughout the state.

Mi-Light Photonics Scholarship Fund

This fund assists students who demonstrate an interest in photonics.

Michael & Susan Jandernoa Scholarship Endowment

Supports future entrepreneurs involved in the Center for Entrepreneurship.

Michael '06 and Janean '05, '08 Couch Black Excellence Scholarship

Michael F. Young '90, '94 Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Benefits students in the School of Public, Nonprofit, and Health Administration at Grand Valley State University in memory of Michael Young.

Michigan Cares for Tourism Fund

Michigan Cares for Tourism is a volunteer partnership between Michigan tourism organizations. Our goal is to breathe life into historic sites through volunteer clean-up projects throughout Michigan and raise funds to provide grants for tourism sites, and

Michigan Hometown Stories

Michigan Hometown Stories Restricted Funds

Michigan Literacy Project Gifts

Provides rich and meaningful encounters with quality children’s literature that will encourage students' love of reading first. Supports CEO graduates as they begin their teaching careers.

Mike Lints Track & Field Equipment Endowment

Provides off-budget equipment to enhance GVSU's track and field program.

Miller Mineral Collection Endowment

Supports and expands the mineral collection in the geology department.

Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center Endowment

Supports the needs of the LGBT Resource Center.

MLK Celebration Sponsorship Fund

Mnomen Native American Endowed Scholarship

This fund assists Native American students who are members of a federally recognized tribe in Michigan, or who demonstrate lineal heritage from a state or federal tribe, with the cost of their GVSU education.

Modern Languages & Literatures Endowed Study Abroad Scholarship

Established to encourage and assist language students to study abroad and gain life experience in the language they are studying at Grand Valley.

Moriah Muscaro '15 Feature Twirler Scholarship

This fund was set up to attract talented twirlers to the GVSU Marching Band.

Move to the Beat Fund

Move to the Beat is a hip-hop dance crew that does a number of performances throughout the year including but not limited to Homecoming LipSync, Greek Week, and our Showcase.

Movement Science Events

Funds support events by the Department of Movement Science to promote healthy living across the lifespan.

Movement Science Student Excellence Endowed Scholarship

Benefits high achieving students in Movement Science and related programs.

Muggle Quidditch Club Team

Mullendore Legal Studies Criminal Justice Endowment

Recognizes and rewards students with financial need majoring in legal studies or criminal justice with the intention of entering and contributing to the legal profession.

Music Department Fund

Works to provide cultural enrichment to students in all departments and to serve the university community by providing appropriate musical support for all facets of academic life.

Muskegon Lake Monitoring Fund

Support the studying and monitoring of Muskegon Lake in order to preserve the ecosystem.

MWest Challenge Gifts

Through MWest, entrepreneurially minded students are able to develop and grow new ventures based on their own ideas.

NAI Wisinski Scholarship Fund

Established by NAI Wisinski of West Michigan (NAIWWM), the purpose of this scholarship is to encourage and assist students pursuing careers in commercial real estate.

Named and Endowed Faculty Positions

Provides support for faculty positions of highest priority across all academic programs and units.

Nancy Baum Endowment in Dance

Supports masters classes and lectureships in dance.

Nathan M. Hurwitz Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Assists Forest Hills Eastern graduates attending GVSU.

National Student Advertising Competition

Supports the Nations Student Advertising Competition team in the cost of travel and supplies to the annual competition.

National Summit for Family Philanthropy Fund

This fund supports bringing together family donors, national thought leaders, and other philanthropic professionals for a highly interactive, thematically focused, and solutions-driven dialogue.

Native American Student Association

This group is dedicated to promoting American Indian cultural awareness across the GVSU campus and surrounding community as well as bringing attention to important Native American social issues.

NCAA Football Championships

Nedra J. Smith Otis Art and Design Faculty Scholarship

Rewards outstanding art and design students.

Need-Based Scholarship Fund

Supports scholarships for students that are primarily based on financial need.

New Music Fund

Supports activities by the New Music Ensemble and Free Play concert series, including guest artist performances and residencies, composer commissions, tours, recordings, and general operating expenses.

Nichols Sustainability Scholarship

Established to encourage students to get involved with campus and community sustainability efforts and reward students who commit to environmental, social and fiscal responsibility.

Nordman Trust Scholarship

Benefits students from low-income families who have high academic standing with a preference to students from the Muskegon area.

This fund helps to widen the pathway to graduation for students from middle income families who do not qualify for federal, need-based aid and are ineligible for many of the government programs intended to help defray the costs of tuition and fees.

Occupational Safety and Health Management Scholarship

This fund helps to develop leadership qualities in students pursuing studies in the fields of Occupational Safety and Health Management (OSH).

Helps to support the Pals Student Mentors’ volunteer program, so mentoring can take place in home, the community, and during group events.

Pamella and Daniel G. DeVos Musical Theater Scholarship

Benefits music majors interested in musical theater.

Pathway Scholarship for Mathematics

Paton Family Entrepreneur Scholarship Endowment

This fund assists students pursuing a major, minor, or certificate in Entrepreneurship or engaged in entrepreneurship clubs and programming at the Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Paton Family Entrepreneurial Fund

This fund supports student experiential learning by supporting students enrolled in the entrepreneurship major.

Paul '81 and Pamela '80 Schweitzer Endowed Scholarship

This fund assists students pursuing a career in education who are the first in their family to earn a four-year degree.

Student Summer Scholars program with research in Philosophy, Liberal Studies or Religious Studies.

STEPS Camp

STEPS (Science, Technology, and Engineering Preview) Camp engages 7th grade girls in a week long program that centers on flight as a topic and encourages science, technology, and engineering.

Steve Hecht Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Steven and Kathryn '83 Bandstra Clinical Placement Scholarship

This fund assists students at clinical placement sites outside of urban areas in Western and Northern Michigan pursuing degrees in RN to BSN, DNP, OT, DPT, and PA programs.

Steven and Kathryn '83 Bandstra Health Sciences Scholarship

This fund assists students with demonstrated financial need pursing degrees in the RN to BSN, DNP, OT, DPT, and PA programs.

Steven E. Williams Memorial Pathways to Recovery Endowed Scholarship

Benefits students suffering from an addiction disorder.

Storytime Summer Literacy Gifts

Supports an annual reading program that takes place each week during the summer. Children receive free books and ice cream and gather around to hear stories.

Strength Club

Student African/American Brotherhood Club

Gives students who join the opportunity to explore other cultures and share their own heritage. Provides a range of activities, lectures, festivals that allow students to develop leadership skills.

Student Competitions Fund

Student Emergency Fund

This fund supports physical therapy students who need assistance due an emergency and need funds in order to stay in the Physical Therapy program.

Student Legacy Scholarship

Funded by current GVSU students, the scholarship benefits junior and senior level students who demonstrate leadership in community service through their on or off campus activities.

Student Life Event

Student Life provides resources, programs, services, and organizations of every kind that help you become who you want to be during college.

Student Success Center Tutoring Fund

Student Support Fund

Support students who experience an unusual or extreme financial event that could keep them from completing the final requirements to obtain their degree.

Student Support Services Fund

Enhances and expands student support programs.

Student Sustainability Endowment Fund

Provides for student sustainable development internships on campus and in the community that focus on environmental, economic and social impacts.

Student Textbook and Supplies Fund

Fund supports provision of textbooks, supplies and computer equipment for students in financial need.

Students for Life

Subar Family Model Coverall Endowment

Benefits Model Coverall Service employees and their descendants.

Sullivan Scholarship Trust

This scholarship is available for incoming freshman from metropolitan Grand Rapids area who participated in athletics during their senior year of high school.

Summer Scholars Program

Suse LaGory Thesis Research Fund

Supports the research of seasonal impacts on stream fish populations by Suse LaGory.

Sustainability Leadership Gifts Fund

This fund was established for corporate donors, businesses, foundations, and other charitable organizations to contribute funds for ongoing sustainability programs and activities both on campus and the community.

Sustainability Reinvestment Fund

Funds will be used in the form of mini grants and/or mini loans by faculty, staff and students for sustainable development projects both on campus and in the community.

Sustainable Agriculture Project

Funds are used to further develop the education and practice of sustainable food systems on a 1 acre plot in Allendale. Established in 2008 for faculty, staff, students, and the local community.

Swim & Dive Alumni Fund

Swim Club

Sylvia and Richard Kaufman Interfaith Institute Endowment

This fund is committed to facilitating mutual respect and greater interfaith understanding in West Michigan and beyond, particularly through educational opportunities in the community and on campus.

Synchronized Skating Club

T.J. Maciak Give Life Endowed Scholarship

Assist undergraduate students waiting for or have received a lifesaving transplant to allow them to continue education at GV.

Table Tennis Club

Taekwondo Club

Tara E. Cleary Endowed Scholarship

Assist students who have overcome or are currently being treated for a life-threatening medical condition.

Tau Beta Pi Honors Society Fund

Supports the engineering honor society which gives honors to junior and senior undergraduate engineering students who display exemplary character and academic achievement.

Tax Executives Institute Scholarship

This scholarship was established for GVSU accounting students with an interest in tax.

Provides support for the WG Jackson, a boat used at the Annis Water Resources Institute.

W.K. Kellogg Community Philanthropy Chair

This fund enhances the support of a distinguished expert or professor at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley.

Waddell-Treanor Native Plant Endowment

Educates students about native Michigan plants and the importance of their preservation while educating the public about the role native plants can play in landscaping, conservation and remediation.

Walsh VIP Scholarship Fund

This fund assists students from Metropolitan Detroit Area who are first in their family to earn a four-year degree.

Walton B. Koch Memorial Scholarship

Benefits deserving students completing a B.S. or B.A. in Anthropology or related area.

Warren Reynolds Endowment Fund

Supports students who aspire to work in the broadcast arts.

Water Level Nutrient Effect Research Fund

Supports the research on the Upper Great Lakes Water Level Study. The study will help inform decision-making regarding the regulation of water levels in the upper Great Lakes.

Water Ski Club Team

Wayland Street Films Scholarship for the Arts in Memory of BrownHill

This fund assists graduates from Michigan urban schools who demonstrate an interest in the arts or communications.

Weave Journal Gift Fund

Wege

Energy efficient lighting for the studio

Weldon Memorial Chemistry Endowment

This fund supports supplies, equipment, travel, and similar needs for undergraduate research projects in Chemistry.

Wesley Fellowship at GVSU Fund

Wesley Fellowship is a campus ministry of the United Methodist Church which is open to all students and young adults. They are committed to being a place where all persons are welcomed, received, loved and accepted as they are or as they hope to become.

Wesorick Center Operations Fund

This fund ensures that the Wesorick Center’s mission to address the issues within our nation’s healthcare systems is possible at Grand Valley.

This fund assists a student with the cost of a Grand Valley State University education.

Women In Business Leadership Fund

Provides support for experiential and co-curricular activities related to leadership development of women business students. Examples include mentoring/coaching, leadership seminars/conferences, and speaker series.

Women in Science and Engineering Fund

Supports the academic living and learning community designed for women majoring in science, mathematics, engineering, or computer science.

Women's Basketball Club

Women's Basketball Fund

Provides for fundraising activities for the women's basketball program.

Women's Center Endowment

Supports the Women's Center in providing programming on the topic of gender equality.

Women's Center Fund Raiser

Supports the Women’s Center to raise awareness about issues that affect women and gender justice.

Women's Center Non-Traditional Student Endowment

Provides financial assistance to part-time students and those re-entering college.

Women's Center Production

Women's Golf Fund

This fund provides for fundraising activities for the women’s golf program.

Women's Hockey Club Team

Women's Lacrosse Club Team

Women's Lacrosse Fund

Provides funds for the varsity Lacrosse team's projects and events.

Women's Rugby Club Team

Supports the equipment costs, transportation, and coaching needs of the rugby club.

Women's Soccer Club Team

Women's Softball Club

Women's Varsity Soccer Fund

Provides for fundraising activities for the soccer program.

Women's Volleyball Club Team

Women's Waterpolo Club Team

Woods Athletic Training Scholarship Endowment

Assists students pursuing athletic training as a career.

Wounded Warriors Traumatic Brain Injury Project Fund

The Wounded Warriors project helps to provide Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with traumatic brain injuries with free, comprehensive rehabilitation in Grand Rapids.

Wrestling Club

Supports the equipment costs, transportation, and coaching needs of the wrestling club.

Wrestling Endowment

Supports the GVSU wrestling club.

WRI Equipment Endowment

Used for equipment purchases at the Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute.

Writing Majors Scholarship Endowment

Benefits students who are successful academically, who are strong writers, and demonstrate financial need.

Zeeb International Relations Study Abroad Scholarship

Zukaitis Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Assists members of any Grand Valley intercollegiate athletic team with financial need.

Zukaitis Scholarship Endowment

The Zukaitis Scholarship Endowment provides for an Excellence scholarship.